Mandatory Compliance Training for New Starters - FAQs for Managers

If your area is participating in the Mandatory Training pilot (in early 2024), access to relevant University systems for your new starter may not be enabled until they complete key mandatory compliance modules in Workday.

These FAQs have been developed to support hiring managers.

Apply for study time

You can apply for study time if you are an eligible professional staff member seeking to undertake approved courses of study to improve your professional qualifications, skills and capability. Study time is not available for casual or academic staff.


See the Study Time policy for more information.

HDR student access to CareerPath

HDR students may be required to set up a self-registered user account to access CareerPath to access some WHS modules. 

Who is eligible for the Special Studies Program (SSP)?

The Special Studies Program (SSP) is a period of release from normal duties for academic staff engaged in or resuming teaching and research roles or teaching-focused roles and allows staff to undertake a structured program of research and related scholarly work.

The SSP is not an entitlement (such as accrued annual leave) but rather, a benefit that may be offered to eligible academic staff when circumstances permit.

What do I do if a timesheet is rejected?

This guide is for use by full time and part time Professional Staff and Casual Academic staff and provides information on how to rectify rejected timesheets in myHRonline. 

How to complete a work allocation document

The work allocation document is an Excel tool that supports compliant and consistent practice related to work allocation, schedule management, and payment for casual academic staff. It is used by the Casual Academics’ Administration Officer team to support accurate record keeping and correct timesheet approvals. It will be maintained as the source of truth of work activities requested of casual academics.

The following step-by-step help article has been created to assist use the work allocation document to assign work to casual academic staff.

Create job requisition for existing positions in Workday (Retired Process)

The following help article outlines the retired process for the original Job Requisition process. From 26 March 2024, enhancements have been made to this process. Please refer to the help article, Create job requisition for existing positions in Workday to complete the enhanced requisition process. 

Create Job Requisition is a process on the Workday platform that allows managers to request that an existing position be filled. In exceptional circumstances, Recruitment and Transactional & Client Services may initiate the Create Job Requisition process on behalf of managers.

This process could be used to:

  • fill an existing, vacant position with a new external hire
  • fill an existing, vacant position with an internal hire (an existing staff member that is changing roles)
  • fill an existing, vacant position with a contingent worker
  • backfill a position during a leave of absence (e.g. Parental leave)
  • backfill a position after a staff member leaves

This process should not be used for:

  1.  Creating a new position for recruitment.  See instructions for creating a job requisition for new positions here.
  2.  Change Programs. Please continue to use Word documents for Change Program Position Descriptions so that they can be included in Change Program documentation. When the Final Change Program is released, HR will upload the final versions into Workday.
  3.  Secondments. When staff go on secondment their substantive position is frozen and is not vacant. A

Add and edit education listings / qualifications in Workday

Staff and contingent workers can update their education and qualifications information on Workday. Updates to education and qualifications will require supporting documentation.

If you wish to record a skill in Workday, please refer to the How do I add and edit my skills in Workday? help article.

If you wish to record a licence or membership number, please refer to the Update my licenses in Workday help article.

What is an Affiliate?

An Affiliate is an individual, who is not a paid staff member of the University, but who is either appointed by the University to perform duties or functions on its behalf, and/or recognised for their contribution to the University.

How to add additional activities (scheduled, unscheduled) as an OTA Allocator

The below process is used for adding:

  • Scheduled activities not listed in the timetable to a date/time and number of weeks, e.g. required meeting.
  • Unscheduled activities that are non-timetabled activity hours to the semester or weeks, e.g. marking. This also includes the use of flex time.
  • Sub-activities to include staff members attending lectures, tutorials etc.

Responsibilities

The OTA Allocator role is responsible for:

  1. Monitoring allocation progress and class coverage 
  2. Ensuring allocations in OTA are updated in line with academic decision maker updates, including associated paycodes
  3. Communicating timings and deadlines to academic decision makers 
  4. Submitting allocations for review and approval 

Note: Allocator role responsibilities may differ slightly based on your local area requirements

Video Resources

Create a sub-activity and assign a casual academic

Create an unscheduled activity for a casual academic using Flex Time